Konrad Schmidt was undrafted out of college but was in the majors three years later.

Schmidt was All-County in both baseball and football in high school. In junior college, he was All-Conference in 2003, but missed 2004 due to shoulder surgery. In 2005, he hit .418 and won Bay Valley Conference Player of the Year honors. Going on to Arizona, he hit .282 as a redshirt junior. His senior year, he came to UNR and batted .349/.421/.555 with 47 RBI in 59 games. Undrafted, he was signed by Arizona Diamondbacks scout Jim Dedrick.